1976 Prix FIM 750cc

< Round 6 Aug 14 ACU British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, England, Great Britain
4.667 km airfield course 		>
Results
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Pts Race Result Grid
? Roger Marshall 1 700 Yamaha TZ Machin & Saunders
12 Jean-Philippe Orban 2 750 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team 38 66
R Patrick Pons 3 750 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Injured 3 1:35.20
? Tony Rutter 4 750 Yamaha TZ Bob Prieset
R Barry Ditchburn 5 750 Kawasaki KR Boyer Team Kawasaki Exhaust 10 1:36.60
R Phil Read 6 750 Bakker-Yamaha TZ Team Life International Seized engine 7 1:36.00
R Barry Sheene 7 750 Suzuki GT Heron Team Suzuki GB Engine 6 1:36.00
R Paul Smart 8 750 Yamaha TZ Paul Smart Ltd. Seized engine 4 1:35.60
R Gary Nixon 9 750 Kawasaki KR Team Kanemoto Piston 12 1:36.80
R Mick Grant 10 750 Kawasaki KR Boyer Team Kawasaki Broken chain 1 1:33.40
3 Dave Potter 11 750 Broad-Yamaha TZ Ted Broad Motors 14 69 11 1:36.60
1 Victor Palomo 12 750 Bakker-Yamaha TZ Swaep Motor Racing 7 70 1:53:13.80
4 John Newbold 14 750 Suzuki GT Heron Team Suzuki GB 18 69
? John Williams 15 750 Suzuki GT Heron Team Suzuki GB
7 Takazumi Katayama 16 750 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team 26 67
R Ron Haslam 17 750 Pharaoh-Yamaha TZ Mal Carter Racing Team Engine, fell 5 1:35.60
? Pentti Korhonen 18 750 Yamaha TZ Team Arwidson Yamaha
6 Chas Mortimer 19 750 Maxton-Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team 22 68
R Philippe Coulon 20 750 Yamaha TZ Ecurie PEM Hit kerb
R Teuvo Länsivuori 21 750 Yamaha TZ Team Life International Ignition 9 1:36.40
? Jon Ekerold 22 700 Padgett-Yamaha TZ Padgetts Racing
R Tom Herron 23 750 Yamaha TZ Tom Herron Seized engine
? Alex George 24 750 Yamaha TZ Alex George
2 Jack Findlay 25 750 Bakker-Yamaha TZ Jack Findlay Racing 10 69 8 1:36.20
R Bernard Fau 26 750 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Solamor GPA Handling
? John Dodds 27 750 Yamaha TZ Mitsui Racing Team
R Gérard Choukroun 28 750 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha DNF
? Borge Nielsen 29 750 Yamaha TZ Franz Kroon Yamaha
5 Kork Ballington 30 750 Yamaha TZ Sid Griffiths Racing 21 69
8 Cliff Carr 31 750 Maxton-Yamaha TZ Harris-Everton Racing 29 68
R Steve Baker 32 750 Yamaha OW31 Yamaha Motor Canada Puncture 2 1:33.60
R Christian Estrosi 33 750 Yamaha TZ Ecurie PEM Ignition
? Jimmy Morales 34 750 Yamaha TZ
? Chris Emmins 35 750 Yamaha TZ
? Mike Trimby 36 700 Yamaha TZ Mike Trimby
14 Pat Evans 37 750 Yamaha TZ Yamaha Team Vesco 48 64
R Roger Nicholls 38 700 Beale-Yamaha TZ George Beale SMC Clutch
? Steve Parrish 39 750 Yamaha TZ Dave More Team Castrol
11 Mick Patrick 40 700 Coppock-Yamaha TZ Harold Coppock 32 67
? Percy Tait 41 750 Suzuki GT
? Neil Tuxworth 42 750 Yamaha TZ Granby Motors
? Geoff Barry 43 750 Yamaha TZ Sid Griffiths Racing
? Paul Cott 45 700 Yamaha TZ Barber Haualge
NS Dave Croxford 46 750 Norton-Cosworth Team British Challenge Dunlop Did not start
? Steve Manship 47 750 Yamaha TZ Len Manchester Motor Cycles
? Bill Smith 48 750 Yamaha TZ Keith Manning Motor Cycles
? Charlie Sanby 49 750 Bryants-Suzuki
10 Clive Offer 51 750 Yamaha TZ Dave More Team Castrol 32 68
NS Tony Smith 52 750 Norton-Cosworth Team British Challenge Dunlop Did not start
NS John Cowie 53 700 Premier-Yamaha TZ Premier Motors Reserve entry
NS Eddie Roberts 54 750 Yamaha TZ Bill Smith Motors Reserve entry
NS Martin Read 57 750 Yamaha TZ Reserve entry
NS Marco Lucchinelli 159 500 Suzuki RG Gallina Corse Reserve entry
? Piers Forrester 160 750 Yamaha TZ
13 Gerhard Vogt 161 750 Yamaha TZ Team Valvoline Deutschland 46 64
9 Edmar Ferreira 163 750 Yamaha TZ Swaep Motor Racing 29 68
Distance 70 laps = 326.7 km Speed 173.1 km/h
PP Mick Grant 1:33.40 - 179.9 km/h FL Mick Grant , Steve Baker 1:32.60 - 181.4 km/h
Started 30 Classified 14 DNF 16 DNS 6
Sources Vincent Glon, Moto-Revue #2280, Moto-Journal #279, Annotated official race programme